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Thread Number: 72384
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Places with old GFCI outlets |
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Post# 956660 , Reply# 1 9/8/2017 at 17:50 (2,414 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Our townhouse was built in 1980 and it has a GFCI circuit outlet in the upstairs bathroom. But curiously enough this GFCI circuit also controls the outlet on the side of the house in the backyard, the light over the kitchen sink, the dishwasher and the front porch light. So I know if any of these things aren't working all I need to do is reset the GFCI circuit in the upstairs bathroom. We have a pump for the fountain in the backyard plugged into the outlet in the backyard, and this will sometimes cause the circuit to trip.
Maybe once or twice a year I'll need to reset this circuit. Eddie
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Post# 956662 , Reply# 2 9/8/2017 at 18:04 (2,413 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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 My house was built July 1984. I have one plug in th4e garage that's the GIFI outlet. If it's tripped, I have discovered (the hard way) that it effects the two outlets outside; the outlet on the harth of the fireplace and each of the outlets in the two bathrooms. Those are the only ones I know that are directly tied into it. I had to have the garage outlet replaced about 8-10 years ago. | ||
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Post# 956673 , Reply# 3 9/8/2017 at 19:43 (2,413 days old) by Brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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The house my partner grew up in was build in 1975 and it had a whole house GFCI switch that covered all outlets. The stove, hot water and lights bypassed it. Everything else ran through it | ||
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Post# 956725 , Reply# 5 9/9/2017 at 04:44 (2,413 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 956789 , Reply# 6 9/9/2017 at 15:32 (2,413 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Here is a timeline (1968 - 2005) of NEC requirements for locations requiring GFCI protection. CLICK HERE TO GO TO CircleW's LINK | ||
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Post# 956856 , Reply# 7 9/10/2017 at 00:23 (2,412 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Back then
The NEC was not so strictly enforced in all areas, ie even though never legal allowed many condos around here got away with 3 wire sub-panels, lights on the kitchen appliance counter top circuits, ect, ect. Another thing are local amendments to the code and when the NEC was adopted. Some places or states may not adopt the newest version of the code for over a decade. Thus a 1985 home may have been wired to the 1977 NEC. For example, Pennsylvania is listed on be following the 2008 NEC and will continue to do so for another 3 years from 2015:
www.mikeholt.com/necadoptionlist.... Here is a list of when the NEC itself required GFCI and in what places: jerrypeck.com/IFCN/Other%20Items/... FWIW- all of you guys that have 20 year old GFCI, test and re-test them. A few years back testing showed the a good chunk of older GFCI fail for various reasons. | ||
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Post# 956859 , Reply# 9 9/10/2017 at 01:25 (2,412 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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@Gusherb
I wouldn't worry that much about. Its not so much water itself that got GFCIs into the code, but open or missing equipment grounding. Think of all the 2 prong metal frame appliances back then... A drill with a live frame is much more likely to be lethal on a concrete floor, basement or area where ones hands or feet are wet, ie lowered body resistance. Hence those areas started receiving GFCIs first in order of most risk working its way down. If we stared off with 3 wire receptacles and grounded (bonded) frames its a good chance GFCI would have been delayed by 30-40 years in requirement.
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Post# 956868 , Reply# 10 9/10/2017 at 02:29 (2,412 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 My 1956 house only has 2 GFCI's....outside by the pool and they were installed by me when I built the pool. One of them has faulted out and can't be reset but it's the one the pool pump plugged into and is currently not used at all since we are dismantling the pool. I'm going to rewire those outlets probably during my vacation in a couple of weeks. My parents' house built in 1968 doesn't have any. | ||
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